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the cspouSal gifts must be restored

the cspouSal gifts must be restored to
the donors and their hcirS-at- law"
Kissing in many religions has play
ed its part as mark of alteration or
yeneration. In Hosea xiii. ,, speaking
Of idolatrv. We find the sentence: =
"Tct the men that sacrifice kiss the
calves" Again, the discontented proph
ct is told that even in idolatrous Israel
there are seven thousand knees which
have not bowed to Baal, land every
mouth which hath not kissed him. y
The Mohammedans. on their pious pill
grimage to Mecca. kiss the sacred black
stone and the four corners Of the kaa-
ba. The RomiSh priest kisses the asper-
gilIum, and on Palm Sunday the palm.
Kissing the Pope's toe was Il fashion
introduced by one of the Leos, who
had mutilated his right hand and was
too vain to expose the stump.
Kisses have been the reward of ge-
Mus. as when Noltaire was publicly
kissed in the Stage-boy by the young
and lovely Duchesse de Nillars, who
was ordered By an enthusiastic pit thus
to reward the author Of Merope. In
politics they have been used as bribes,
as in the famous Eatmswell election
Of the ''Pickwick Papers, and also in
still more famous election. For when
Fox was contesting the hard-won seat
at Westminster, the beautiful Duchess
of Deyonshire offered to kiss all who
voted for the great statesman. And full
ly as famous, and perhaps in Il better
cause, was the self-denying patriotism
of the beautiful Lady Gordon, who,
when the ranks Of the Scottish regi-
ments had been sadly thinned by cruel
Badajoz and Salamanca, turned recruit
ing sergeant, and to tempt the gallant
lads placed the recruiting shilling in
| her lips. from whence who would
might take it with his own.
Kisses in our own day have their
penalties if they should be too rudely
poached. In the eyes Of the law, kiss
ing Il lady without her permission is a
common assault punishable by fine and
imprisonment: and it is no uncommon
thing to see in the daily police reports
cases where Il too susceptible gentle
man has had to pay dearly for 'crush-
inc tho rine cherries Of lady's lips.
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Mechanical Foolharainess

Carelcssness kills more mechanics
than old age or desease, and the num-
Der of accidents resulting from some
body's carelcssn58s cannot be estimated.
There is not as much danger in doing
risky Jobs and undertakings as there is
in the every day risks which are met
with contempt brought about by a
long acquaintance Herewith, and which
are hardly regarded as risks by the men
who take them. The architect takes
risks which are needless when he
gucsses at the strain to be overcome by
beam or truss, and also, and doubly
so, when he also guesses at the strength
Of that beam or truss. The builder in
turn takes a risk when he passes defec
tive construction with the guess and
the hope that 8 twill hold" In driv-
ing piling for Il block Of houses in
Harlem, the writer noticed that some of
the piles were driven Il to 30 inches
/
by the last blow of the hammer. and he
wondered at the risk taken By the
builder for the sake Of saving few
dollars thereby. In building rail-
road bridge III New Hampshire, the
contractors put down piling where the
last blow drove some piles feet. In
this case some piles were driven too tar,
Whereupon the risky, rascaily contrac
tors LAID hold OF SAID plles and pulled
them up again they were IN the requlr-
ed position.
In erecting buildings, huhdrtdS OF
risks are taken by the Workmeh them-
selves, by the owners, ana oy 'he oullo-
erS also. IN erecting machinery 'he
RISKS continue 10 be taken ana ai'er
the machinery Is running II seeiiiS "l-
most us II 'Ile al'ehoail'S 'lei Win e'icii
other III coiirlln@ danger. begin with
the fireman. lioW many tunes VIII he
risk ms HE by guessing that the safety
valve is III perfect ORDER, or that the
combination water gauge pipe Is not
plugged up! All too often he Will
guess that his boiler Is sale, ana run
with dlrI, leaks corroSioh' anu lie
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No 20

but he is abetted in his laziness by
knavery. in shape of an avaricious own
er. who grudges the few dollars neces-
sary to box up the dangerous place, and
thus relieve the lazy mans temptation.
Lazy men run all sorts of risks IN
putting on belts, in fooling around
moving machinery and in monkeying
with running tools, such as circular
saws, planers, and moulders. The man
who crawls around exposed machinery
to oil or clean the same, when he can
Just as well stop the machine before
exposing himself, this man deserves to
be sent up ten days for every oflense,-
Only a few days since party OF ma
sons were building 100 foot mill
chimney They had got up Is feet,
when all at once the whole party
thought an earthquake had come to
help them. They were all on the
ground among bricks, mortar, and
splintered lumber, with two of they
number seriously hurt. An examlna-
ton showed that in mailing on the last
course of ledgers, only one nail had
been put into some of the posts where
six should have been driven. Here was
a clear case of laziness and foolishness
combined, with the poor consolation
to the victims at least-of knowing
that only themselves were to blame.
Sometimes this carelessness becomes
criminal, and is occasionally brought
to Justice; and lately, where knavery
is the cause of accident, it has been fire.
quently severely punished. There Is
no excuse for exposure to such accI-
| dents, and every man can educate HIM
| self out of if he will.
Familiarity is one great cause OF
man getting careless and lazy. He
| works around machiney so long with
out accident that he thinks at all about
| it. that he knows all the ins and outs,
all the dangerous places and death
traps, so he will not have to be so con-
tinually on his guard. 1t is good
deal of work to keep his thoughts on
his fingers all the time, so our man gets
little lazy, goes too near 1lck run
ming belt, and the first thing we know
he is Il subject for the surgeon or un-
| dertaker. Well, the writer remembers
a man who was set at work running a
circular saw. This man was mortally
afraid of the saw, and kept as far from
it as possible For twenty-three years
the saw was operated by this man with
out accident, until one day he dropped
his rule beside the saw, and attempted
to pick it up without going back to the
table. lie got three fingers and a thumb
cut off, all though little laziness in
not taking proper pains against accl-
dent.
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They Never Strike.

There is one class of laborers who
never strike and seldom complain
They get up at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, and never go back to bed until ten
or eleven o'clock at night. They work
without ceasing the whole of the time,
and receive no other emolument than
food and the plainest clothing. They
understand something of every branch
of economy and labor, from finance to
cooking. Though harrassed by a hun,
dred responsibilities, though driven and
worried, though reproached and look
ed down upon, they never revolt; and
they cannot organize for their own pro-
lection. Not even sickness releases
them from their posts. No sacrifice is
deemed too great for them to make,
and no incompetency in any branch OF
their work is excused. No essays OF
books or poems are written in tribute
to their steadfastness. They die in the
harness, and are supplanted as quick
ly as may be. These are the house
keeping wives of the laboring men.
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-29
A New Version.

In his famous speech at New Eng
land dinner, Editor Grady told an old
story, the flavor of which improves if
anything with its age. 1t was as fol-
fows: 'There was an old preacher once
who told some boys Of the Bible lesson
he was going to read in the morning
The boys finding the place, glued to-
gether the connecting pages. The next
morning he read ON the bottom of one
page: "When Noah was 120 years old
he took unto himself wife who was"
then turning the page-"l4O cubits
long, 40 cubits wide, built of gopher
wood and covered with pitch inside
and out lie was naturally puzzled
at this. lie read it again, verified 1t,
and then said: My friends, this is the
first time | ever met this in this Bible,
but | accept it as an evidence of the
assertion that we are fearfully and Won
derfullv made.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-29
WE WILL SELL;

$50 dozen Ladies' Linen Cape Collars al &c.
These YOU usually pay l2ac. for.
$50 dozen Ladies' White Chemisettes, all
sizes, Ioac. Goods never sold by anybody
less than 25c.
1900 pairs Suspenders, in white or colors,
at lie. choice. Goods among these worth from
25c. to 40c.
Ladies, Fancy stripe Hose, l'a"; worth
2Oc.
200 dozen Children's Solid Co'ored Hose,
l9c. per pair.
500 dozen Children's Solid Colored Ribbed
hose, Sc. per pair: 3 pair for 25c.
$50 dozen Ladies' Solid Colorad Full Rsgn-
lar NJ Ide Hose, 25c. per pair: usually sold
for 37sc.
1900 yards Malne Yelling for &c a VEIL
This is all-sIlk Yelling and in every concev-
able and desirable shade.
10000 yards Check Nainsook at Sc. Goods
usually retailed At 12tc.
1000 pairs Ladies' Lislr Thread Gloves, all
sizes, l2sc. per pair; usually sold at Csc.
1000 dozen IaiieI' Colored Bordered Hem
stitched Handkerchiers, &c. each.
$1,000 yards White Lawn at Sc. per yard.
Every yard perfect ; every yard well hleached
worth Sc. the world over
10000 yards Fine SAtteens st l2alc. Sold
everywhere for 25c. Fhese goods are even
far superior to the goods we made such flu
rore with u week ago. Surprising in beauty
and design any French goo Is yet shown.
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3n1octyjg
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A PARADOX.

The harhelcr~> Ill lonely an sad
TGOr man
lie hasn't Il VI lie 10 make his heart glad.
He ,lc"ii~'t know how he'd h. h'r> e. II he hti.
Nor caa
He conceive what ii i, he has lost;
He thinks J., i,> only escaped 'hcjng l. 'Si-'t -
Poor man
Oh. the harhcIurs heart is sorry and sole.
Indeed
He knows he can never know joy any more
And he looks upon life terrible bore,
Agreed
With the croaher thai life doesn't lAy,
a nd to all fhennhtes> lovers impatient 10 say
Take heed -
yes. tile baehc!ur.. 10, is a ,lrso!at@ one,
And Vet
There are .ir> vino think il WGu!i really he IAN
To share il with him, after all. said and done
Forget
Al his mi>e'ie> many. ami pleasures - few.
know lots Of girls who woult do it-l,n't X"I ="
You bet .
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The boy or girl who is regular
newspaper reader will grow up into in
telligence, and will use good language,
both in speaking and writing, even
with limited education. 1t is news,
science, literature, grammar, history,
geography, and spelling combined
Sometimes it is Il little difficult to get
children interested in newspapers, but
after they once get started their intel
lectual cravings are sure as the desire
for food, and it is as necessary to feed
their minds lis their bodies. The local
paper is the first to attract their atten-
ton. Incidently they first read of some
local event which comes under their
observation. Becoming regular read
ers of the home paper, they soon branch
our into the affairs of the word, and
then general news of the day, and fl
nally become competent to discuss
matters of public interest, and are use.
full and intelligent citizens.
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~OCT OF TOWN PATRONS
NOTICE.-Ws are compelled to ig-
more requests for samples for the above
two items unless a two-cent stamp ac-
companies such requests. The very
small margin on these materials at the
prices named makes this imperative.
No restriction as to quantity sold.-
We bought these goods to sell and do
not wish to dictate to You what quanti-
ty to buy.
We have stacks Of each article emu
merated and are anxious to dispose of
all. Tell everybody Of this great sale.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
Eggs Hatched by Heat.

A novel sight was witnessed at In.
dlanapolis last Wednesday as the re-
suit of the high temperature of the
past three weeks. Some time ago n
hrm received a consignment of eggs
packed in boxes after the usual manner
The eggs were placed in storage and
that morning the consignee had occa-
sion to open the case. When the lid
was removed the low call of chicks
sounded in his ears. One entire laver
of eggs was found to be Matching ont
ana IN few minutes after the eggs
were brought to the light fifteen well
developed orphans picked their way
through the shells. Another LAYER of
eggs began to hatch out about noon
and it now looks as though the entire
consignment will hatch.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
Win Affect Cattle Prices.

The cattle men who now have their
herds going North on the great cattle
trail have decided upon a move, which
will face about $4,000 head now on the
trail and drive them back into Texas.
The reason for so doing is because
there is absolutely no market for the
cattle. Theodore Ives, of Fort Worth.
declares the act disastrous, and the re-
suit Of the failure to get the cattle to
market viii have the effect of putting
S2,OOO,OOO worth of beef back into
Texas. which is already OverstOcked,
thus driving prices down to Fuinous
figures. 1t may cause a number of
failures.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
WHOLE NO. 1910.
a Farm Engine E1plOdes.

a horrible accident happened ON m.
farm of Edward Stroud, near NewarI.
wednesday afternoon. Edward Row.
en- OF the same neighborhood. had set
up MS steam thresher in the field back
Vi 0'roud's barn preparatory to com.
mehcIng the threshing. Two men fed
'ne thresher, Stroud aud l4-year-old
ooloreu BOY removing the straw. They
HSu oeen running but a short time
"hen the engine was thrown forwa-5
toward the barn a distance Of loo TO-,
IL turned over and over and bropgb,
up against the straw stack RIGHT s;5o
up. Mr' Stroud was killed Instantly
ana the colored boy, horse and cart
crushed into a horrible mass wbare
they stood. Frank R. Stroud the ala.
est son of the dead man was scalde3
and otherwise injured and his brotbar
In law, Lewis L. Pritchett was bpr, +,
the same manner.
The engine left an appalling wreck
In It's track. The end of the boiler u.,s
found 500 feet away to the westward
The engine itself moved in the opnosita
direction. The CRATE was blown into
scores of pieces and scattered all
around the spot where Bowen and the
feeders stood. The steam in escapinp
took the course Ofth boiler head and
a ian-like acre of grass, thirty feet in
is scalded into crumpled.
yellowish tufts. A hOgshead of water
was resolved into its individual staves
hnu one OF r. G. Strickland's (Elktonl
make Of two-hOrse wagons was scatter.
ed IN every direction. The thresber
escaped intact, the engine missing it by
TWO or three feet, The engine itselfis i
complete wreck.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
For the Smyrna Times.
Letter from Illinois.
THE DROUGHT AND ITS EFFECTS

There Is at present perfect drought
prevSilingin Central Illinois. De Witt
county seems to be suffering most of all
while Mclean county is hardly a wit
behind. A general cry for water is
heard from all parts. The oat crop is
now harvested but will not yield more
than two thirds crop. Corn is stand
ing THIS season better than other crops
while gardens are dead or dying.
reports from Iowa leads us to believe
that state worse than this in its need
OF rain, while from Colorado and tho
great west crops are generally good
DuU there seems to be such general
failure here and everywhere in not
only the staple products but also of
apples and berries of all kinds. that If
we live at all hereafter, it must he nv
Importation. To give you a better
IDEA of the case. Hay, which seldom
IS worth more than $3.50 to So is now
selling for IS and $40 per ton. and
cannot be had by January '8S, for per.
maps less than SIS to $40 per ton. This
is higher than ever before here in ono
OF the greatest grass countries of the
west. 1t becomes more discouraoino
to us personally as we read in letters
from friends in Colorado of their fruit
yield and then look at our barren trees
ana then in letters from Delaware and
Maryland of your fine peaches and ber-
rles and grain, and see our trees and
grain dying in the fields.
The wild goose plum which every
year grows in such quantities are this
year selling for 81 per box of one peck
to box or 81 per bushel.
The result of all this as predicted nv
our Oldest and best men will be as fol-
lows:
Ihat the shortage in grain and crops
VIII throw a great number of cattle
and hogs on the Chicago markets this
summer and make such goods high
next winter and spring, so our conclu-
non Is that if men of the East who
nave grass and grain will prepare stock
or the winter and spring markets thew
viii have the pleasure of filling the
'rders heretofore filled by these West
rn States at an advanced profit.
hoping that your may enjoying the
east OF fat things sent you this wear
'e remain Yours respectfully,
/. S. p.
Juty 18th, 1887.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
Fred Gerker's Daughter Dead.

Collector of internal Revenue Fred
erick Gerker met with sad and sudden
bereavment on Monday of last week. in
the death of his eldest daughter, Mrs.
Maxwell Rowland, HOlmesburg. Pa.
Mrs. Rowland failed to appear at
breakfast in the morning, and the
members of the family, becoming
alarmed went to her room and found
her dead. She had expired suddenly
of paralysis of the heart. The deceased
is but 20 years old and leaves an infant
child. Collector Gerker is well known
as the lessee of the Baltimore & Della
ware Bay railroad, running from Clay
ton, Del, to Chestertown, Nd.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27

Simon Cameron, at lightweight
years of age, crossing the ocean for
pleasure is something to set these
young fellows of sixty and seventy
wondering what kind of stuff he is
made of. he has been in political life
long before many, who have now re-
tired from active participation in ma
tional affairs, were born. Statecraft
must be profession that tends to long
evity, if Mr.. Cameron is to be taken as
an example.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
Awful Scenes of Death and Multila.
ton.
July 18th, 1887.

While gang of 100 Italians were at
work ballasting on the Erie railroad
thursday, near HOboken N. J.. the
Chicago express thundered down ON
them at the rate of fifty miles an bour
and literally moved its wav THROUGH
Singing the unfortunates rigbtand left
tearing legs and arms and heads off
and grinding flesh into the roadbed for
Two or three hundred feet. So fierce
was the shock that although the en-
glne struck nothing but human beings
the powerful cowcatcher was torn
twisted and broken into pieces. Some
OF the Italians were crowded in against
Che rocks, a very narrow space. and
they crouched down in terror. Some
OF the bodies were mangled beyond de-
scription and chrushed out of all sem
blance of humanity. To most of the
victims death must have come iustan-
taneOusly, but some of them appeared
yet to be quivering and life ebbing
away when the train was brought to a
Standstill. Eleven were killed and five
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
Where the Flies Come From.

Flies are now abundant, and most
people wonder where they come from.
!he eggs of the house fly are laid in
uecayed vegetable matter, such as dead
leaves, and especially in the manure Of
the stables, about seventy or eighty be-
ing the usual number. These soon
match and the larva grows rapidly.
feeding upon the substances found
near it. After a short time the outer
skin hardens and becomes brown and
tough forming case shaped like a lit
Tie barrel, divided into rings. The
transformation of the larva is quickly
made, and the animal is soon ready to
emerge as a perfect insect.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27

A young lady near Kennedyyille
No. has counted 80 gray horses and
one gray mule. She is in dread all the
Time that she may shake hands with
some young man who won't Just suit
her for husband. The superstition
IN connection with the count is that the
hrst one you shake hands with after
the 80 gray horses and the gray mule
are counted is to be your future hus-
band.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27

A mother" sends the following 10
the Erery EceRing -" Please publish
this receipt for the benefit Of mothers
with children who have cholera infap-
tum. II has been known to cure when
nothing else would: Take Peruvian
bark, sew between flannel, Ito keep in
Placel, then keep wet with whisky and
bind over the bowels
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
Drunkenness. or the Liquor Habit.

DFunkenness. or the Liquor Habit,
FoslfINELH CURED BY ADMINISTERING mr..
HAINEs' GOLDEN SPECIFIC.
It can be given in cup of coffee or tea
without the knowledge of the person taking
NJ ls absolutely harmless and will effect a
permanent and speedy cure, whether The
patient Is moderate drinker or an alco-
holle wreck. Thousands ofdrunkards have
Deen made temperate men who have taken
Golden Specific in their coffee without their
knowledge, and to-day believe they omit of
Their Their own free will. 1T NEVER FAILS.
Inc system once impregnated with the
epeelhc It becomes an utter imppssibilitv
lot the liquor appetite to exist. For full
PEadTtle;aaiaTs, PAT ;a address GOLDEN SPECIFIC
Co, ls5 Race street. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
Good Raanlts in - -.

D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer ~ ,tot-
a,nooga Ienna writes that he was seriously al
nleted with severely cold that settled on his
nnls lnnlssi nag tflea many remedies without benefit
tor Consumption, did so and was entirely eured
ny 9se o. lew bottles, Since which time ne has
with best results. This Is the experience ~ fbo1
SANDS whose lives have been saved by this Won
derial Discovery. Trial Bottles free al las p
Hohecker's, Drug Store. = ''''
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27

The governors Of22 of the 8s States
OF the Union are Democrats, leaving 16
States with Republican Governors
The Legislatures of 10 of the States are
Democratic and 10 are Republican.
The States that have Democratic GOV
ernors but Republican Legislatures are
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut.
Rhode Island and Oregon.
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27
An End "a Ron. $4,000

Edward shepherd, OF Harrisburg. mn saws /.
Having received so much beneft rum Faerfric
bitters, feel Tiny duty 70 let suffering humanitv
know iL Have had running sore on my leg for
slsht se4fs my doctors told me would have %
have the bone scraped or leg ampufated 7 YSa'i
instead three bottles OF Electric Btters and seyen
boxes Bueklen's Arnica salve, aud my Lex Is now
cents bottle, and Bueklen's Arnica gaive Al b
cents per box box BY Jas. P. Hoecker. Smyrna,
Smyrna times., 1887-07-27

From its tendency to gush and spout
and create a bad OdOr and fare up and
go of when it isn't loaded, we conclude
that there is a good deal Of human ma
ture in gas well.--lSPrinqfeld Union.